Best of Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Volume 3 (3:1 and 3:2)

                                                                     Haiku Moment Award

                                                                                seeking
                                                                                mother’s hidden light
                                                                                star magnolia
                                                                                                      Martha Magenta, UK
 A very subtly expressed feeling of longing of the poet for her mother.
 
                                                        Runners-Up (in alphabetical order):

                                                                            cows settle
                                                                           deeper in their shadows
                                                                           autumn moon
                                                                                              Marilyn Ashbaugh, USA
A perfectly expressed moment in autumn.
 
                                                                           all we’ve forgotten . . .
                                                                           the honeysuckle
                                                                           in winter
                                                                                                Mark E. Brager, USA
A simply stated insight into winter.
 
                                                                           Early dawn -
                                                                           into my dream breaks
                                                                           a cawing crow
                                                                          明易や烏の声に夢破れ
                                                            Akeyasuya karasu no koe ni yume yabure
                                                                                                       Satoru Kanematsu, Japan
 A modern turn on classic Japanese crow haiku.
 
 
                                             Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):

beaver moon -
what is left behind
in this windswept field

سنگ آبی مہتاب
اس باد زدہ میدان میں
کیا باقی بچا ہے
            Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan
 
autumn deepens . . .
meerkats in the pile
of yellowed leaves

ẹ̀rún múlẹ̀ . . .
àwọn ẹmọ́ àfè nínu
ẹ̀rẹ́ẹ́lẹ̀ ewé
          Taofeek Ayeyemi (Aswagaawy), Nigeria
 
frozen waterfalls
on a roadside cliff -
the silence between us
          Susan Constable, Canada
 
climate change
on the merchant’s stall
no pumpkin smiles

accords sur le climat
sur l’étal les potirons
n’ont pas le sourire
          Marie Derley, Belgium
 
autumn wind
bristled the spines
of a hedgehog

Jesenji vetar
nakostrešio
bodlje ježa
          Zoran Doderović, Croatia
 
wind storm -
Norfolk pines hold up
the Milky Way
          Lorin Ford, Australia
 
crabapples
in moonlight . . .
first frost
海棠月色映初霜
          David He, People’s Republic of China

dandelion tea -
the more bitter taste
of this spring

ceai de păpădie -
gustul mai amar
al acestei primăveri
           Mirela Brăilean, Romania
 
life in a puddle chasing a cloud
               Jeff Ferrara, USA
 
Coronavirus.
Quarantine. Tell it to
the nightingale

Coronavirus.
Cuarentena. Digànselo
al ruiseñor.
               Rafael García Bidó, Dominican Republic